Door-fastener



UNITED STATES PATENT FETE;

SAMUEL P. KTTLE, OF BUFFALO, NEV YORK.

DOOR-FASTENER.

Specicaton of Letters Patent No. 9,765, dated June 7, 1858.

To all tti/0m t may concern Be. it known that T, SAMUEL P. KITTLE, of Buffalo, in the county of Erie and State oit New York, have invented a new and improved mede of fastening or locking doors so that th-ey cannot be opened or unlocked from the outside, which T term a traveling lock and T do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings and to the letters et refer-ence marked thereon.v

The nature of my invention consists in providing the door rabbet with a metal bar sutliciently thin to allow the door to shut. vided with an edge or edges, spur or spurs at one end, which edge or edges spur or spurs are pressed into the woodforming the rabbet by closing the door or otherwise, and the said edges or spurs are prevented loosing their hold in th-e wood by means of the edge ot the door resting against the bar or a cap which is used in connection with the bar when the door fits badly. The other end et said bar which projects beyond the face ot the door when closed is provided with a stop or rest which when the door has been closed as above is made to bear as on the face of the door, thus securing it so long as the edges or spurs do retain their hold in the rabbet.

To represent and set :forth more clearly the nature ot' my invention, I will proceed to describe its construction and operation.

T construct my travelers lock ot any metal or composition that does not bend or break easily.

Figure l is a perspective view of the lock closed with the edges up, exposed to view. Eig. 2 is a perspective view of the lock open with cap on. Fig. 8 represents the applic-ation of the lock in a section of a do-or and casein-ent which are cut through the center of the lock.

Let the same letters represent the same parts in the above figures, then A will represent the bar or strap; B the stop or rest; C the brace or guide, and D the cap. There are no necessary exact dimensions for either ot these parts, provided all agree together, but it is found convenient to make the bar A 1- inches long, linches wide, and of an inch or less thick, with the end that is to be inserted between the edge of the door and face of the rabbet bent back at an angle Said bar is ot stiff metal and pro-` of about ninety degrees from a line with the face of the bar to form the edge or edges E, E, as seen, or it may be made one continuous edge. or cut into numerous pricks like saw-teeth, or there may b-e spurs sety which projects beyond the rabbet and face of the door when closed must be provided with a stop or rest which is or can be connected with the bar A and made to bear on the face or the door when closed. This it is found convenient to do by the rivet H, which when used will secure together the bar A, the stop B, and the brace C, and allow either or both the stop and brace to be thrown around back as seen in Fig. 2, or in place of the rivet the bar and stop may be hinged together or connected by ratchet and spring or screw or in any way that will allow the stop to be taken oil' or thrown back to admit the door. The stop B may be made of like material and same width and thickness of the bar A. The brace -or guide C, as seen, is of like material with the bar A and secured to it by the rivet H, the lip G which is formed by bending the end of the brace so that it will stand when closed at about a right angle with 'the back of the bar A. The brace C acts as a guide in setting the lock into the rabbet and is also a brace to strengthen the bar A. The lip F as seen can be formed on the stop B by tending the material either out or in so that it will stand at about a right angle with the face of the bar A when closed as seen in Fig. l, and as shown in Fig. 3. This mode saves unnecessary metal and bulk. This lip should be of circular form the rivet being the center when used as here represented, so that after the spurs have been secured in the rabbet and the door closed the stop B may be brought around and pressed upon the face of the door, securing it closely.

The cap D, as seen in Fig. 2, is simply a piece of metal of wedge form to be used when the door does not tit closely into the rabbet as shown in Fig. 3. This cap may be connected with the bar A in various ways. It has been found convenient to do this by `lips J, J, as seen in Fig. 2. These lips are cap D with the bar A, the eiiect of the cap simply bent over the edge ofthe bar A or *being to fill up the space between the edge made to fit it so that the cap may be taken of the door when closed andthe casing asL ofi at I, l', when not required. described, all for the purposes and conl5 5 What claim as my invention anddesire e structed in the manner substantially as set to Secure by Letters Patent is* forth in the accompanying specifications and e l. The combination of the bar A having drawings. the edges E, E, with the stop or rest B, having the lips F and G constructed and ar- Witnesses: 10 ranged as described, e e ARTHUR W. JONES,

2. I further claim the Combination of the JAMES LANGSTER.

SAMUEL P. KITTLE. 

